Tim Steven's Notes from the 2008 Whiteboard Sessions
(Tim Stevens is the Executive Pastor at Granger Community Church in Granger, IN)

• Tim's Blog highlights a video from Mark Batterson:
  Mark Batterson is the pastor of National Community Church in Washington D.C. and ended with this moving baptism video.
  

Perry Noble's Notes from the 2008 Whiteboard Sessions
(Perry Noble is the Senior Pastor at NewSpring Church in Anderson, SC)

• A look back on our Road Trip Interview with Perry Noble:
  
  Catalyst on Vimeo.

The "Catalyst Voices" & "Fun Videos" tabs (located along the top margin) have been updated in chronological order with the newest videos at the top. "Catalyst Voices" features interviews with leaders from ALL walks of life... men and women that we have met on the road and were gracious to give us a few minutes of their time. "Fun Videos" is just that... a source of random, sometimes stupid, sometimes funny videos from your friendly Vanagon Vagabonds. Hope you enjoy your weekend!

• Updated "Catalyst Voices" Page

• Updated "Fun Videos" Page

Today I welcomed the company of our Catalyst Group Leader Kit. That's right, the "Together Triangle" rode shotgun filling in for Mr. Brad "can't ride, gotta fly" Lomenick. Oh, the irony - riding "together" without Brad. Hope you had a great flight buddy...

On the way hope I had a chance to stop by and spend time with a possible future Vanagon Vagabond, Brian Cole. He and his family are in Lynchburg this weekend and invited me to stop by. Brian is a critical part of the Catalyst production team and his wife, Akemi, leads the Catalyst volunteer army. Amazing people, and their kids are awesome. When I showed up at the Cole house I looked down and saw something stuck in the front windshield wiper. Warning, if you love butterflies, beware.

Cole Family & The Vanagon... Butterfly vs. The Vanagon...

It was a great week with Ben Arment and his team at Whiteboard. Thanks to everyone that came by and spent time with us at the Catalyst Booth & The Catalyst Vanagon. Just another quick reminder, there is a ton of great content from the Whiteboard Sessions that can be found at conferencechannel.org - make sure to check it out, it will definitely be worth your time.

LV
on behalf of the Catalyst Road Trip Team

Mark Batterson may have best summed up the 2008 Whiteboard Sessions in a comment he made earlier today during an interview with Ed Stetzer, "It's about turning the kaleidoscope a little bit to reveal a new patter, a new story... " New thoughts, new ideas, innovative, and challenging - yes, it was a day chalked full of front line insight from some of the most influential leaders currently in the church. conferencechannel.org is flat out amazing, and if you missed any or all of today's events make sure to browse through the entire day and check out highlights. Hmmm, conferencechannel.org at Catalyst??? Absolutely!

On a side note, I'm not sure if I have ever been surrounded by so many bloggers in one room, at one time. Before the Catalyst Road Trip the only thing I associated with the term "blog" was the red squiggly line that pops up in Word reminding me that I've misspelled another word... or that I have, once again, tried to make up a new word. With the Road Trip Blog I find myself discovering a seemingly never ending world full of blogging do's and don't's (see, another made up word... but it should have two apostrophes, right?!) There were blogging giants at Whiteboard today, and it was fun to have a chance to meet and talk with some of them. I'm learning a lot from these guys...

Here is a list of Bloggers Represented Today at Whiteboard (each name is linked to their own personal blog, huge thanks to Terrace Crawford for this list) Gotta give a little love to some new friends that I had a chance to spend time with today - Boyd Bettis (sorry for not emailing you back :)), Carlos Whittaker, Tim Stevens, Scott Magdalein, Brad Abare, Scott McLellan, Todd Rhoades, & Ed Stetzer... and it's always great to see Jay Hardwick, Joshua Symonette, Chris Elrod, Tadd Grandstaff, Tony Morgan, Scott Hodge, & Perry Noble. Wow, that's a list right there... and if you ever want to spend some time reading GREAT blogs, check out these guys!

Alright, here's a little fun video from this morning's introduction to Whiteboard... the Catalyst Vanagon can inspire an array of reactions! Before signing off, thanks to Rob Thomas and the guys from Igniter Media Group for hanging out with us and enduring the new Indiana Jones movie, wish the movie would have been better!

Back on the road headed home to Atlanta tomorrow morning!

LV,
on behalf of the Catalyst Road Trip Team